I love talking about movies but Ive never been able to organize movie-night get-togethers So this is the next best thing On Tuesdays Im going to spotlight a DVD and suggest some virtual-discussion startersWe all know the drill Sequels are never as good as the originals And its true except when it isnt Thats why I devoted a whole chapter of my book Movie Lust Recommended Viewing for Every Mood Moment and Reason over to remakes that defy conventional wisdom including Jonathan Demmes 2004 version of The Manchurian Candidate 1962 What Price Hollywood 1932 and the musical remake A Star is Born 1954 and Brian DePalmas Scarface which updated Howard Hawks 1932 gangster drama Scarface The Shame of a Nation inspired by the rise and fall of Al Capone to then-contemporary MiamiScarface is newly available in a Platinum Edition whose additional features lean heavily to the jokey reflecting the fact that over the course of some two decades the film has gone
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Dexter, starring Michael C. Hall as a likable serial killer (my favorite kind), gave Showtime its highest series rating in nearly two years, with more than one million viewers showing up for its Friday-night bow.... IFC premieres Rank, a look at bull riders vying for the World Champion title, on Oct. 9 at 9 pm/ET.... Speed has picked up Pinks, in which amateur racers literally wager their cars in winner-take-all competitions, for a fourth season, to debut in February 2007.... Now out on DVD: Scarface: Platinum Edition, boasting digitally remastered sound effects; Body Double: Special Edition, including interviews with Melanie Griffith and Brian De Palma; and South Park, The Hits: Volume 1, featuring plenty of good filthiness.
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Question: I was watching The Breakfast Club on AMC and noticed scenes that aren't on my commercial tape of the movie. Were these lost scenes that were added in, or were they specially made for television? I've had a similar experience with Billy Madison and always wondered what the deal was.
Answer: The deal is that movies are often aired on broadcast and basic cable television in versions that differ to some degree from the theatrical versions. The two big reasons are standards and practices, and length. Because television programming goes into so many households for free or for a minimal basic-cable fee, the programming assumption is that it has to be held to a different standard than material that people have to actively seek out. You have to buy a ticket and go to a theater or pay a steep monthly fee to subscribe to a premium cable channel like HBO or pay to buy a movie on video or DVD, so the assumption is that befo
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Ellen Pompeo of ABC's red-hot Grey's Anatomy (Sundays at 10 pm/ET) opens up to TV Guide about her gypsy soul, her red-carpet style and how she really feels about Meredith and McDreamy.
TV Guide: You've been in movies with Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo DiCaprio and Luke Wilson. Why did you switch to TV? Ellen Pompeo: When there's a very strong female character, it's hard to walk away. In all the great, interesting films, the parts for me were really small, and the only lead par
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"Welcome to the O.C... er, young miss." Tonight at 8 pm/ET, Fox's The O.C. brings back Marissa's kid sister to stir things up — but really, how much trouble can a 14-going-on-15-year-old get into? After realizing just how young Kaitlin and her portrayer, Willa Holland, are, TVGuide.com scrapped our first question — it was snarky and had to do with Lindsay Lohan's recent exploits — then went on to press the ingenue for details about Kaitlin's agenda and ask about her famous stepdad, Brian De Palma, and "uncle" Steven Spielberg.
TVGuide.com: Like you, Kaitlin is 14. Hellcats are really starting out young these days, huh?
Willa Holland: Yeah!
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